Advancing solutions for water-related challenges in Latin America together 2024

In this context, the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP), together with the embassies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela hosted two interactive webinars to provide best practices, exchange solutions, and foster partnerships between the Dutch and Latin American water sectors. 

The 'Advancing solutions for water-related challenges in Latin America together' webinar series is a continuation of the webinars held in 2020, 2021 and 2022, where Latin American and Dutch experts had the opportunity to discuss topics such as climate resilience, water quality, agriculture, and water governance. As the region is increasingly suffering from the effects of floods, heat waves, drought, water shortages, and sanitation crises, the theme for 2024's series is 'Prevention, Mitigation and Adaptation Approaches Against Climate Emergencies.'

These webinars were meant to connect Dutch and Latin American water experts including: water authorities, environmental projects stakeholders, engineering firms, consultancies, knowledge institutions, and NGOs working on water and environmental projects and wishing to generate a greater impact.

Webinar 1: Nature-based Solutions | 19 March 2024

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) involves restoring, protecting, and using the natural water systems to produce responses to face (and build resilience to prevent) water challenges such as: floods, heat stress, sanitation crises, and biodiversity loss. The UN Environment Programme estimates that by 2030, global investment in NbS needs to be tripled in order to meet climate mitigation, biodiversity and land restoration goals. As tried and true examples of NbS come into the forefront and become more recognised to governments and infrastructure financiers, they offer opportunities for Latin American water experts to integrate them as part of their operating strategy. 

Webinar 2: Emergency Management | 30 May 2024

If you are interested in attending this session, please register here. The recording of the session will be available a few days after the event.